El Fortínthe Fort, a name it earned by being so hard to beat at home
In Aussie and Kiwi terms
Brisbane Lions. Not the oldest name in the league, but smart, well run and always in the mix.
- Home
- Liniers, Buenos Aires
- Ground
- Estadio José Amalfitani
- Founded
- 1910
- Colours
- White with a blue V
- Great rival
- Ferro Carril Oeste (the Clásico del Oeste, the western derby)
Three things to know
- In 1994 it became champion of South America, then beat AC Milan 2–0 to win the Intercontinental Cup.
- Its goalkeeper in those years, José Luis Chilavert, took free kicks and penalties and scored more than 60 goals in his career.
- It has won eleven league titles, the first of them in 1968.